The British 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division was a Territorial Army division. During the First World War the division fought on the Western Front at Bullecourt in the Battle of Arras and Havrincourt in the Battle of Cambrai. In the First Battle of the Somme (1918), they were in the line near Arras and in the Second Battle of the Marne, in the Ardre Valley. They fought the Battle of Havrincourt and continued across the Saint Quentin Canal at Marcoing, in the Second Battle of the Somme (1918), before beginning the fighting advance to Mauberge on the Sambre. In the United Kingdom the Territorial Army is a part of the British Army composed of reserve units, or part-time soldiers. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWI This page is a list of British divisions that fought in World War I. Divisions were either infantry or cavalry. ... The British 61st (2nd South Midland) Division was a second-line Territorial Army division raised in 1915 as a reserve for the first-line battalions of the 48th (South Midland) Division. ... The British 63rd (Royal Naval) Division was a First World War division of the New Army. ... In the United Kingdom the Territorial Army is a part of the British Army composed of reserve units, or part-time soldiers. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas. ... Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. ... The Battle of Arras is the name of a number of battles near the town of Arras in Artois, France: Battle of Arras (1654) Battle of Arras (1917) - British offensive during the First World War. ... The Battle of Cambrai (November 20 - December 3, 1917) was a British campaign of World War I. Noted for the first successful use of tanks, the British attack ended as another failure. ... Of the battles in the valley of the River Somme, fought in 1918, the earlier series began with the German Spring Offensive, launched from the Hindenburg Line, on March 21, in the vicinity of Saint-Quentin. ... Arras is a town and commune in northern France, préfecture (capital) of the Pas-de-Calais département. ... The Second Battle of the Marne, was a World War I battle fought from July 15 to July 18, 1918 near the Marne River. ... Dont eat a cow aite? ... Namur, the Sambre river, the old city and the saint Aubin cathedral. ...